▲ As the host city of next year’s ADB Annual Meeting, Incheon started its international promotional campaigns and preparation for the event in earnest. The photo shows the ‘Ganghwa Handkerchief Experience,’ which was a safety culture experience in Incheon. The experiential program was provided as a regular program to introduce the traditional culture of South Korea and enjoyed good reception from its visitors.
As the host city of next year’s ADB Annual Meeting, Incheon started its international promotional campaigns and preparation for the event in earnest.
As the host city of next year’s ADB Annual Meeting, which is scheduled in May 2023, Incheon participated in ‘2022, the 55 th ADB Annual Meeting held in Manila, the Philippines, from September 28th to 30, for the purpose of promoting Incheon.
The ADB Annual Meeting is the largest event of ADB, attended by heads of state, finance ministers, and heads of central banks from 68 member countries, totaling 5 thousand participants, and has been held every year since the foundation of the organization in 1966. South Korea is scheduled to host the general convention in Incheon for the third time in 2023, following Seoul in 1970 and Jeju in 2004.
During this year’s meeting, Incheon engaged in promotional activities for South Korea and Incheon along with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which is the hosting government agency, and Incheon Tourism Organization, which is an affiliated organization of Incheon, to the 68 member countries.
The promotion booth of Incheon, which is the host city for next year’s convention, communicated and promoted ▲ the convention facilities, transportation, accommodation, safety, and other superb infrastructure for international conventions; ▲ innovative digital industrial resources such as the Bio Industrial Complex, Smart City, and robotics industries; and, ▲rich tourism resources where the tradition and modernity co-exist, such as Ganghwa Heritage, Paradise City, Wangsan Maria, and Gaehangjang, etc., as a part of the attractiveness of Incheon.
Especially‘Ganghwa Handkerchief Stamp Experience’ program was provided throughout the event for foreigners from 68 countries as an Incheon Cultural Experience event, introducing the traditional culture of South Korea, with wildly positive responses from the visitors.
